fiddlehead.....every changing, ever growing

fiddlehead....ever changing, ever growing

Sunday, December 11, 2011

holiday card for you....

There are sooo many people in out lives that I want to connect with during the holidays. This year I wanted to give people a little something to have a jolly chuckle about. (Maybe I needed that for myself too!)

For all of you in our lives through this blog world, through the internet....thank you for touching my life. For all of my friends and family that keep up on our crazy lives here....I love you. Thank you for your presence in our lives.

And so I give to you the Rikkers Holiday card 2011!

Happy Holidays from our family to yours.....

"Oh, what we will do for a silent night"

Disclaimer:

All Rikkers kids merrily consented to being tied in Christmas lights

and silenced with apples in their mouths to give Mommy and Daddy a "Silent Night".

It was nice while it lasted!

Happy Holidays! May you be bit by the spirit of the holidays.....Love, the Rikkers

Thank you for visiting the fiddlehead report!

About Me

This blog began as a journey to bring home our daughter from Ethiopia, but has become much more. It is the place I share our lives as a family....the joys, the chaos and the messy moments. It is a woman loving motherhood, embracing the little moments, continually looking for the beauty in life with gratitude. Here I share life as an artist, a mother, a wife, as a lover of photography, collector of quotes, seeker of hope, messenger of inspiration.

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Fiddlehead?

Why fiddlehead?

As I was becoming a mother, I discovered a fiddlehead in my backyard and was fascinated by it. Its natural uncurling form. How as it grows it reveals itself. The way the fiddleheads gather together like a family and grow outward. How the fiddlehead changes ever so quickly and blossoms into a fern before you know it. Just like time passing, before you realize it those fiddleheads are gone. That moment has passed. As I evolved into a mother I discovered my need to nurture the artist within. My love of art and photography grew and soon became a passion for capturing my life with my ever and quickly changing fiddleheads. Like the fiddlehead, we are special, unique and ever changing.

Project 64

Fiddlehead Fine Arts & Fotography

40 Before 40

1. re-establish transcendental mediation practice 2. learn to ride a horse 3. host an open studio show with art friends 4. complete Ethiopia series 5. have a totally unplugged weekend 6. long family weekend at boat house 7. surprise Andy 8. Run 10K race 9. go Latin dancing 10. girls weekend- uninterrupted 11. finish Studio space 12. transfer wedding video to DVD 13. service to the church 14. reach out to those in need with the kids 15. alone time with each child for 24 hours 16. locks of love hair donation 17. host neighborhood party 18. get lean, fit and to goal weight 19. take kids to Disney 20. go on a ski trip 21. N.Y.C. to see a Broadway show 22. visit Washington D.C. with Jud & Drew 23. spa day with the ladies 24. finish baby books 25. complete wooden puzzle and learn to sew a pillow 26. explore a new art medium 27. grow a garden with the kids and eat from it 28. take all the kids on a bike ride 29. make pickles and learn how to can them 30. take a photography class 31. redecorate bedroom 32. have a garage sale 33. take bob the bulldog to training 34. art show in Madison 35. sponsor an ET child 36. make a favorite recipe binder 37. go on a yoga retreat 38. do something outside my comfort zone 39. grow out nails 40. write the children's book with Mom Then celebrate the first 40 years... BIG!